Posted by Angela
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26 October 2009
“Futur” is a cheeky name for a perfume. After all, is it a fragrance or a fortune teller? On smelling Robert Piguet Futur, the name seems even less fitting — Futur smells like something from a different era. On the other hand, Futur also smells like springtime condensed: optimistic, brash, fresh, and jarring in the best way. Read like that, Futur is about hope. Suddenly its name is entirely appropriate.
According to the Piguet website, Piguet Futur was first released in the 1960s. Perfumer Aurélien Guichard reworked the original fragrance, which was released this summer as a Harrod’s exclusive. Futur’s notes include bergamot, neroli, violet, jasmine, ylang ylang, vetiver, cedar, and patchouli.
The first minute of Futur on skin smells intensely green, like crushed dandelion stems bolstered by aldehydes…
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Posted by Robin
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15 September 2009
Kenzo’s fragrance project known as Unidentified Fragrance Object (it’s Parfum Objet Non Identifie in French — but we’re going to call it UFO) is largely about the bottle: it was designed by Ron Arad, and was featured in retrospective exhibits at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and MOMA in New York (the MOMA show runs through 10/19). Kenzo asked Arad to come up with a “a vehicle for fragrance that breaks with traditional industry codes and evokes sensuality when in contact with the skin”. The result, shown above, is made of zamac, a metal alloy, and can be cradled in the palm of the hand (it will not stand vertically).
I have not seen the bottle in person, but I love it in pictures and I love the whole idea of the project: most out-of-the-ordinary fragrance bottles emphasize bling rather than design, and let’s face it, most of them cost a fortune. The $188 they’re asking for UFO isn’t peanuts, but you don’t have to mortgage your children for it either. I think we’ve all agreed that $100 is the new free? So this is only $88 more than free…
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Posted by Robin
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21 July 2009
Robert Piguet has reintroduced Futur, a fragrance for women:
She is witty, outspoken, and supremely confident. Her style is effortless. Her fragrance is intensely feminine. Her perfume is Futur de Robert Piguet. Futur, Robert Piguet’s romantic green floral woody fragrance…
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Posted by Robin
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11 June 2009
Nina Ricci will launch Ricci Ricci, a new perfume for women, in September.
Ricci Ricci is an urban heroine.
She is glamorous and audacious.
She has a secret power: her fragrance – symbolized by her ribbon…
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Posted by Robin
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4 March 2009
The Eaux de Fleurs collection is the latest from Kenzo. They are starting off this year with a trio, Eau de Fleur de Thé (tea flower), Eau de Fleur de Soie (silk flower) and Eau de Fleur de Magnolia (you can figure that one out), and they're planning to add a new flower to the series every year. Like the Guerlain Aqua Allegoria collection, these are meant as a “return to nature”, and they're advertised as “subtle” waters based on flowers picked from Japanese trees.
Eau De Fleur de Thé is meant as a tribute to “the tea flower”. It was developed by perfumer Aurelien Guichard, and is described as “a floral infusion with green tea and musky notes”. It's a slightly smokier (although only briefly; I wouldn't call it a smoky scent in general), more-tea-less-citrus variation on Bvlgari's Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert…
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